SpokenLayer May 9, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 9, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. How to Stop Food Shortages By Robert Wright So far, two of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, death and pestilence, are upon us, but at least one of the others, famine, is also on the stalk.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 8, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Should China Pay Reparations? By Veronique de Rugy And the craziness continues. President Trump is unhappy with China for its role in spreading the coronavirus. Some of the ideas that Mr.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 7, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Masks in Sweden: A Followup By Daniel B. Klein In response to my piece on Masks in Sweden, I received the following fascinating note, by James Cooper, reproduced with his permission, which compares the attitude in Sweden with that in the United States. I think readers will find this very interesting. Dr.

SpokenLayer May 6, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 6, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Incompetent Experts and Bad Government By Alexander Salter The late Richard Feynman, one of the 20th century’s eminent physicists, famously said, “Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

SpokenLayer May 5, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 5, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Elvis Was King, Ike Was President, and 116,000 Americans Died in a Pandemic By Jeffrey Tucker The year was 1957. Elvis’s new movie “Jailhouse Rock” was packing the theaters. The last episode of “I Love Lucy” aired on television.

SpokenLayer May 2, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 2, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic By Jeffrey Tucker In my lifetime, there was another deadly flu epidemic in the United States. The flu spread from Hong Kong to the United States, arriving December 1968 and peaking a year later. It ultimately killed 100,000 people in the U.S.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 1, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. To Avoid Permanent Leviathan, People Must Reclaim their Rights By Nicolás Cachanosky A recent article in The Economist raises an important issue with respect to the coronavirus outbreak.

SpokenLayer April 29, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 29, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. United States Needs Freedom, Not Fascism By Benjamin Powell The Defense Production Act is a Korean War-era measure that gives the president power to require businesses to produce goods he deems necessary for national defense.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 28, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. What Is Essential? By Gerald Dwyer. The government lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are long on lists of things that are essential and not essential without defining or saying what determines whether something is essential or not essential.

SpokenLayer April 27, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 27, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. An Urgent Appeal to Governors by Bob Luddy An urgent appeal to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (among all governors): For every COVID-19 case in North Carolina (4,500 estimated), 125 people have lost their jobs (500,000 unemployed across the state). You created this tragedy.